Harvey Keitel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

205

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-05-13 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Harvey Keitel

Biography

Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an American actor known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association with director Martin Scorsese, starring in six of his films: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), Mean Streets (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and The Irishman (2019). Keitel received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Mickey Cohen in Bugsy (1991). He won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Piano (1993). Other films include Blue Collar (1978), Thelma & Louise (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Holy Smoke! (1998), Cop Land (1997), and Youth (2015). He has acted in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018). He played FBI Agent Peter Sadusky in both National Treasure (2004), and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2006) and reprised his role in the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History (2022). From 1995 to 2017, he was a co-president of the Actors Studio, alongside Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn.

Known For

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction

  • The View

    The View

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

  • Taxi Driver

    Taxi Driver

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Fatima

    Fatima

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Wrecker

    The Wrecker

  • The Irishman

    The Irishman

  • From Dusk Till Dawn

    From Dusk Till Dawn

  • Little Nicky

    Little Nicky

  • Mike

    Mike

  • Sister Act

    Sister Act

  • Arthur and the Invisibles

    Arthur and the Invisibles

  • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

    Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

  • Milarepa

    Milarepa

  • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

    Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz

  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

  • Paradox Effect

    Paradox Effect

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • National Treasure: Edge of History

    National Treasure: Edge of History

  • The Piano

    The Piano

  • Saturn 3

    Saturn 3

  • Be Cool

    Be Cool

  • Thelma & Louise

    Thelma & Louise

  • Madame

    Madame

  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets

    National Treasure: Book of Secrets

  • Holy Smoke

    Holy Smoke

  • Chosen

    Chosen

  • Wrong Turn at Tahoe

    Wrong Turn at Tahoe

  • Mortal Thoughts

    Mortal Thoughts

  • Moonrise Kingdom

    Moonrise Kingdom

  • Three Seasons

    Three Seasons

  • Get Shorty

    Get Shorty

  • A Crime

    A Crime

  • Presence of Mind

    Presence of Mind

  • Rising Sun

    Rising Sun

  • U-571

    U-571

  • Hellfire

    Hellfire

  • National Treasure

    National Treasure

  • Monkey Trouble

    Monkey Trouble

  • Bad Timing

    Bad Timing

  • The Border

    The Border

  • The Comedian

    The Comedian

  • Imagining America

    Imagining America

  • A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

    A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

  • The Last Temptation of Christ

    The Last Temptation of Christ

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • The Ridiculous 6

    The Ridiculous 6

  • Dangerous Game

    Dangerous Game

  • Taking Sides

    Taking Sides

  • First We Take Brooklyn

    First We Take Brooklyn

  • Little Fockers

    Little Fockers

  • Wise Guys

    Wise Guys

  • Fatal Honeymoon

    Fatal Honeymoon

  • Shadrach

    Shadrach

  • Theirs

    Theirs

  • Spread

    Spread

  • The Ministers

    The Ministers

  • Blue Collar

    Blue Collar

  • Blindside

    Blindside

  • 100 Years of Warner Bros.

    100 Years of Warner Bros.

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • Fate

    Fate

  • Clockers

    Clockers

  • Cop Land

    Cop Land

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Lansky

    Lansky

  • Dream One

    Dream One

  • Crime Spree

    Crime Spree

  • Falling in Love

    Falling in Love

  • Nailed

    Nailed

  • Baciami Strega

    Baciami Strega

  • Virginia Hill

    Virginia Hill

  • Point of No Return

    Point of No Return

  • Mean Streets

    Mean Streets

  • Beeper

    Beeper

  • The Painted Bird

    The Painted Bird

  • Copkiller

    Copkiller

  • Youth

    Youth

  • Two Evil Eyes

    Two Evil Eyes

  • Ginostra

    Ginostra

  • A Beginner's Guide to Endings

    A Beginner's Guide to Endings

  • Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

    Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

  • Who Killed the Idea?

    Who Killed the Idea?

  • Ulysses' Gaze

    Ulysses' Gaze

  • The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

    The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

  • The Last Man

    The Last Man

  • The Inquiry

    The Inquiry

  • This Year in Czernowitz

    This Year in Czernowitz

  • The Duellists

    The Duellists

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Off Beat

    Off Beat

  • Making 'Taxi Driver'

    Making 'Taxi Driver'

  • One Last Dance

    One Last Dance

  • The Grey Zone

    The Grey Zone

  • White Hunter

    White Hunter

  • Reflections in a Golden Eye

    Reflections in a Golden Eye

  • Shadows in the Sun

    Shadows in the Sun

  • Rio, I Love You

    Rio, I Love You

  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

  • Bad Lieutenant

    Bad Lieutenant

  • The January Man

    The January Man

  • Two Men in Town

    Two Men in Town

  • Esau

    Esau

  • Death Watch

    Death Watch

  • Laws of Man

    Laws of Man

  • Nowhere

    Nowhere

  • Head Above Water

    Head Above Water

  • The Pick-up Artist

    The Pick-up Artist

  • Finding Graceland

    Finding Graceland

  • The Two Jakes

    The Two Jakes

  • The Young Americans

    The Young Americans

  • Fingers

    Fingers

  • A Farewell to Fools

    A Farewell to Fools

  • The Night of Varennes

    The Night of Varennes

  • Exposed

    Exposed

  • Who's That Knocking at My Door

    Who's That Knocking at My Door

  • Drums of Fire

    Drums of Fire

  • Dear Gorbachev

    Dear Gorbachev

  • Lulu on the Bridge

    Lulu on the Bridge

  • Imaginary Crimes

    Imaginary Crimes

  • That's the Way of the World

    That's the Way of the World

  • Puerto Vallarta Squeeze

    Puerto Vallarta Squeeze

  • The Last Godfather

    The Last Godfather

  • Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

    Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

  • Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Martin Scorsese Directs

    Martin Scorsese Directs

  • The Baker

    The Baker

  • The Men's Club

    The Men's Club

  • Blue in the Face

    Blue in the Face

  • Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

  • Eagle's Wing

    Eagle's Wing

  • Hard Matter

    Hard Matter

  • Gandhi of the Month

    Gandhi of the Month

  • Lies We Tell

    Lies We Tell

  • The Letter

    The Letter

  • See You Soon

    See You Soon

  • Full Tilt Boogie

    Full Tilt Boogie

  • Gunslinger's Revenge

    Gunslinger's Revenge

  • 11 Colours of the Bird

    11 Colours of the Bird

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • Somebody to Love

    Somebody to Love

  • The Galíndez File

    The Galíndez File

  • Mother, Jugs & Speed

    Mother, Jugs & Speed

  • By the Gun

    By the Gun

  • Red Dragon

    Red Dragon

  • Dreaming of Julia

    Dreaming of Julia

  • The Congress

    The Congress

  • Blood on the Crown

    Blood on the Crown

  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

  • Bugsy

    Bugsy

  • Prince of Central Park

    Prince of Central Park

  • The Ten Commandments of Creativity

    The Ten Commandments of Creativity

  • The Stone Merchant

    The Stone Merchant

  • Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

    Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

  • Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

    Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

  • A Stone in the Mouth

    A Stone in the Mouth

  • My Sexiest Year

    My Sexiest Year

  • The American Bride

    The American Bride

  • A Memory of Two Mondays

    A Memory of Two Mondays

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • Scorsese's GoodFellas

    Scorsese's GoodFellas

  • Behind the White Glasses

    Behind the White Glasses

  • Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

  • City of Industry

    City of Industry

  • Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

    Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

  • Welcome to L.A.

    Welcome to L.A.

  • Vanessa in the Garden

    Vanessa in the Garden

  • La bella Otero

    La bella Otero

  • Down Where the Buffalo Go

    Down Where the Buffalo Go

  • Street Scenes 1970

    Street Scenes 1970

  • Who Do You Think You're Fooling?

    Who Do You Think You're Fooling?

  • Joe Baby

    Joe Baby

  • Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

  • Smoke

    Smoke

  • FairyTale: A True Story

    FairyTale: A True Story

  • Live Fast, Die Laughing

    Live Fast, Die Laughing

  • Brewster McCloud

    Brewster McCloud

  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

  • Inside 'The Piano'

    Inside 'The Piano'

  • This Ain't Bebop

    This Ain't Bebop

  • Viper

    Viper

  • Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film

    Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film

  • Chasing The Elephant

    Chasing The Elephant

  • Pueblo

    Pueblo

  • Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film

    Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • The John Garfield Story

    The John Garfield Story

  • Star Knight

    Star Knight

  • Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ

    Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Paradise Inc.

    Paradise Inc.